{
 "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
 "id": "eu-2021-1902",
 "type": "Regulation",
 "version": 1,
 "updated": "2026-09-30",
 "station": 2,
 "confidence": "A",
 "sources": [
  "EU-2021-1902"
 ],
 "body": "EU",
 "name": {
  "value": "Regulation (EU) 2021/1902 (substances classified CMR, butylphenyl methylpropional among them)",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "EU-2021-1902",
  "where": "docs/sources/EU-2021-1902-cmr-substances-bmhca.md:14",
  "quote": "COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2021/1902 of 29 October 2021",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "instrument": "Commission Regulation",
 "restriction_type": {
  "value": "a prohibition (Annex II)",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "EU-2021-1902",
  "where": "docs/sources/EU-2021-1902-cmr-substances-bmhca.md:20",
  "quote": "1666 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde 80-54-6",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "property": {
  "value": "classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction (CMR)",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "EU-2021-1902",
  "where": "docs/sources/EU-2021-1902-cmr-substances-bmhca.md:17",
  "quote": "as regards the use in cosmetic products of certain substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "summary": {
  "value": "It prohibited in cosmetic products substances newly classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction; butylphenyl methylpropional (p-BMHCA) is Annex II entry 1666.",
  "evidence": "documented",
  "source": "EU-2021-1902",
  "where": "docs/sources/EU-2021-1902-cmr-substances-bmhca.md:20",
  "quote": "1666 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde 80-54-6",
  "confidence": "A"
 },
 "dates": [
  {
   "what": "adopted",
   "value": "29 October 2021",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "EU-2021-1902",
   "where": "docs/sources/EU-2021-1902-cmr-substances-bmhca.md:14",
   "quote": "COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2021/1902 of 29 October 2021",
   "confidence": "A"
  },
  {
   "what": "applies from",
   "value": "1 March 2022",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "EU-2021-1902",
   "where": "docs/sources/EU-2021-1902-cmr-substances-bmhca.md:23",
   "quote": "It shall apply from 1 March 2022.",
   "confidence": "A"
  }
 ],
 "applies_to": [
  {
   "molecule": "p-bmhca",
   "entry": "Annex II entry 1666: 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde",
   "evidence": "documented",
   "source": "EU-2021-1902",
   "where": "docs/sources/EU-2021-1902-cmr-substances-bmhca.md:20",
   "quote": "1666 2-(4-tert-butylbenzyl) propionaldehyde 80-54-6",
   "confidence": "A"
  }
 ],
 "as_of": "2026-09-30",
 "disclaimer": "An educational summary of a public standard, as of 2026-09-30; not compliance advice. Read the current text at the source.",
 "url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/1902/oj",
 "legislation_identifier": "Regulation (EU) 2021/1902",
 "amends": [
  "eu-2009-1223"
 ],
 "amended_by": [],
 "media": [],
 "links": {
  "essay": "/library#ifra-database"
 },
 "copy": {
  "lede": "Regulation (EU) 2021/1902 prohibited butylphenyl methylpropional in EU cosmetic products from 1 March 2022.",
  "body": [
   "The substance had been named on labels under Annex III; it was classified as toxic for reproduction, and this act moved it to Annex II with other substances so classified."
  ]
 }
}